Old News
Views from the past on the Isle of Man news stories of the day with Howard Caine
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Episodes
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OLD NEWS 09 MARCH 2025 Scouts
Sunday, 9 March 2025
H looks back at how the scouting movement have fared in the news over the years. Dib Dib Dib!
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OLD NEWS 02 FEBRUARY 2025 - Manx Food
Sunday, 2 March 2025
As the news features a search for the perfect Manx menu, H looks back at the papers to see how local fare has fared . . . . . .
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OLD NEWS 23 FEBRUARY 2025 Unemployment
Sunday, 23 February 2025
Following recent news that unemployment on the Isle of Man is up again, H looks back at the jobless figures and how they have featured in the papers over the years . .
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OLD NEWS 16 FEBRUARY 2025 Plantations
Sunday, 16 February 2025
As we hear of news that trees from the Island's plantations are to be harvested and some timber exported, H looks back at plantation news featured in the papers over the years
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OLD NEWS 09 FEBRUARY 2025 Beer!
Sunday, 9 February 2025
It's been proudly brewed on the Isle of Man for centuries - but how has beer fared in the news over the generations? And why? Beer for breakfast anyone?!
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OLD NEWS 02 FEBRUARY 2025 Homelessness
Sunday, 2 February 2025
As a recent survey into Homelessness on the Island garners some 800 responses, H looks at how the issue has been dealt with in the papers over the years . . .
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OLD NEWS 26 JANUARY 2025 Winds!
Sunday, 26 January 2025
After another stormy weekend on the Isle of Man and the first storm of 2025, H looks back at how windy and stormy days have been reported in the papers from years gone by
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OLD NEWS 19 JANUARY 2025 Hedgehogs and Uncle Tim!
Sunday, 19 January 2025
Following on from last week's Icy blast, H has a couple of interesting pieces left over on Hedgehogs and from Uncle Tim!
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OLD NEWS 12 JANUARY 2025 Ice!
Sunday, 12 January 2025
H looks at all things icy in the papers of yesteryear - from scooter rallies to ice for sale!
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OLD NEWS 05 JANUARY 2025 . . 1925!
Sunday, 5 January 2025
As we enter 2025, H looks back to a few local newspaper articles which appeared at the start of 1925!
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OLD NEWS 29 DEC 2024 NEW YEAR 2025
Sunday, 29 December 2024
It may almost be New Year - but of course it's old news . . . !
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OLD NEWS 22 DECEMBER 2024 - Gold!
Sunday, 22 December 2024
The three wise men travelled a long way to bring some to the stable - but in the 1850s many Manx men made a long journey in the hope of finding some on the other side of the world . .
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OLD NEWS DECEMBER 15 2024 XMAS LIGHTING
Sunday, 15 December 2024
It's bright and cheery and omnipresent at this time of year - but that's not always been the case. H looks back to find out more . . .
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OLD NEWS 24 NOVEMBER 2024 - Lord Street Flats
Sunday, 24 November 2024
As Lord Street Flats go on the market for re-development, H looks back at some of their history in the papers and asks - were they beautiful?!
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OLD NEWS 17 NOVEMBER 2024 - Legislative Council
Sunday, 17 November 2024
As applications direct from members of the public open for a position on the Legislative Council, H looks back in the papers to see how the body has featured in the press over the years - and finds calls for the idea of a directly elected body go back a little further than you may think!
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OLD NEWS 10 NOVEMBER 2024 - Market Square
Sunday, 10 November 2024
As it's decided to pedestrianize Market Square in Castletown year round, H thumbs through the papers to see how the historic venue has appeared in the papers over the years. Trumpets at the ready . . . .
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OLD NEWS 03 NOVEMBER 2024 - Hop tu Naa
Sunday, 3 November 2024
With Hop Tu Naa just gone for another year, H looks back at the custom as reported by the newspapers over the decades - with or two surprises . . .
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OLD NEWS 27 OCTOBER 2024 - School Buses
Sunday, 27 October 2024
As we hear that there will be less time for pupils to use school bus passes, H turns back the headlines to see how buses have fared over the years. It's all about money, as usual. Not forgetting the school trains . . .
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OLD NEWS 20 OCTOBER 2024 Liverpool Arms
Sunday, 20 October 2024
As it's suggested in the news that the Liverpool Arms, long-since closed as a public house, could possibly open its doors again, H looks back at how its history as detailed in the Manx papers - along with its two namesakes!
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OLD NEWS 13 OCTOBER 2024
Sunday, 13 October 2024
If you thought large infrastructure works being years late was something new on the Island - think again! It's an old tradition as Ramsey Swing Bridge can attest . . .
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OLD NEWS 06 OCTOBER 2024 Bus Services
Sunday, 6 October 2024
As bus services - or at least a lack of quite a few of them for staffing reasons - have been hogging the headlines again recently, H looks back to see how oft they've been news in the past -and yes! It's quite a lot!
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OLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 29 2024 - School Meals
Sunday, 29 September 2024
As we hear the cost of primary school meals is to go up to 15p to £2.55, H looks back to see how such meals have fared in the press over the years. The food has changed a bit - the cost has changed rather more!
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OLD NEWS SEPTEMBER 22 2024 Police
Sunday, 22 September 2024
As we hear of problems in the recruiting and retention of police officers on the Island, H looks back in the papers to see what problems have faced the Island's police force over the years. Some of them might surprise you . . .!
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OLD NEWS 15 SEPTEMBER 2024 - Seagulls!
Sunday, 15 September 2024
As we hear news that gull numbers on the Island are still in decline, H looks back at how the familiar "seagull" or herring gull has fared in the press over the decades . .
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OLD NEWS 08 SEPTEMBER 2024 - Jurby Airfield
Sunday, 8 September 2024
After recent unrest for possible future plans for Jurby Airfield brought it back into the news stream, H looks at how the facility has fared in the news over the years since it was built at the outbreak of WW2
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The Herring - queens, admirals and catches!
Sunday, 1 September 2024
After recent news that the island's herring quota had doubled for the next season, H looks back at fishy news from the last 100 plus years . .
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OLD NEWS 1804 - Castlemona nears completion and complaints about the state of the roads!
Sunday, 25 August 2024
H looks back at news from some 220 years ago - when it seems we were already complaining about the state of the roads . .
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OLD NEWS - 1854 . . Laxey wheel and the end of smuggling
Sunday, 18 August 2024
H considers the year 1854, when the Laxey Wheel first started turning and it was declared smuggling came to an end on the Island.
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House of Keys Reform 1867
Sunday, 11 August 2024
The House of Keys are now elected of course - but that wasn't always the case as H finds out when he looks back to 1866 . .
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The sinking of the St George
Sunday, 4 August 2024
H looks back to the sinking of the St George in 1830 and the amazing rescue of its crew by among others one Sir William HIllary